Vol 48 No 3 | NIGERIA Party pieces 2nd February 2007 Feuding factions in the governing PDP jostle for jobs, and no prosecutions, before the elections Voters are less worried about the upcoming elections than the would-be candidates, now battling for territory before the campaign proper starts later this month. On 29 January, the...
Vol 61 No 5 | NIGERIA Aides leak, north-east burns 5th March 2020 Escalating violence in Borno and surrounding states as leaked memos show tensions between senior aides – and a now familiar inertia It was the worst-kept secret in Abuja. Officials in President Muhammadu Buhari's government blame one another for the administration's failings, especially in areas such as security. After a...
Vol 39 No 13 | NIGERIA Abubakar meets Abiola 26th June 1998 After releasing some political prisoners and negotiating with the gaoled winner of the 1993 elections, Abuja breaks the political ice For a regime which proclaims continuity with its predecessor, the new order in Abuja under General Abdulsalaam Abubakar is making some major changes to the political script written...
Vol 42 No 1 | NIGERIASÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Big brother 12th January 2001 Negotiators from giant Nigeria and tiny São Tomé e Príncipe hope to conclude a landmark agreement to settle a border dispute at talks due to begin in São...
Vol 46 No 15 | NIGERIA Notes on a scandal 22nd July 2005 Wojciech Chodan, an executive with Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), has emerged as the Samuel Pepys of the Nigeria gas scandal. At many key meetings, Chodan...